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General Discussion => Other Discussions => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Deep Toaster on February 24, 2011, 02:51:46 pm
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As the question says, when do you think TI was at its greatest in terms of their innovation (for calculators)?
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As the question says, when do you think TI was at its greatest (productivity, ingenuity, actually knowing what's a useful feature and what's not, etc.)?
The year I wanted to vote for is not there :S
I think the NSpire was their greatest release and I'm not trolling.
The NSpire is just the best School calculator there is.
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What about in terms of programmability/usefulness (to us)?
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What about in terms of programmability/usefulness (to us)?
Then the TI-83+ would be the best release and its year the best year.
productivity, ingenuity, actually knowing what's a useful feature and what's not, etc.
Answering this, the NSpire Family.
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I'm going to have to disagree with that, due to the lack of getkey and drawing commands in nspire basic, and the new menu system drastically lowers productivity. (For example, try switching between degrees and radians on the nspire.)
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2004, definitely, 84SE came out then ;)
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I'm going to have to go with 2004, as both the 84+SE and 83+SE were in stores then. ;D
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Slight change: What about solely based on innovation/ingenuity?
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Whatever year the 83+ SE came out. One of my favorite calcs of all time.
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2011, TI-Nspire CX, except that it was only for competition against the PRIZM.
speaking of which, should I get the Nspire CX or PRIZM?
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2011, TI-Nspire CX, except that it was only for competition against the PRIZM.
speaking of which, should I get the Nspire CX or PRIZM?
Well I would go with a Prizm, but it depends on your preferences. We do already have a C/C++ environment for the Prizm though.
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Yep, the greatest calc ever is the 83+/84+ series. The 89T was not bad as well. Then the NSpire came out, it was like a mini computer/PDA until we found out it wasn't programmable until ndless came out.
The nSpire CX version seems really awesome, if it's really awesome or not, we have to wait to see if it's programmable like the 83+ or uber-limited like the normal nSpire.
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2012, because they'll die. Actually wait, we're all gonna die too. O.O
kidding aside, I disagree that the Nspire was the best calc, because I find it hard to use and to navigate with it compared to the z80 and 68Ks and programming is too limited. The worst part is that in 2007 the TI-Nspire had absolutely no TI-BASIC language altogether O.O O.O
I think the best year was 1999, because the TI-83+ ended up being the most popular calc ever for many years.
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To be honest, TI-86/85's rule, but that may be because I've only used them once. :P
as for TI-BASIC, I use programs for a LOT of math stuff (all right, I admit it). I have to archive everything before a test, and then do a RAM clear afterwards, because I create dozens of little programs to help me. ;)
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Guess I'll go with 1999, then.
2012, because they'll die. Actually wait, we're all gonna die too. O.O
SAVE TEH CALCS
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IMHO, it's 2004 hands down. The 84 seems to have been the one calc that's come the furthest, silver and normal, after you consider things like msd8x and jailbreaking a PS3.
83 pluses aren't that bad, they just don't seem to have enough mem and TI stopped making the silver editions.
So, 84 ftw ;D
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Well the 83+ were pretty much the most popular calc back then, but eventually the 84+ took over. Beforehand people went with the 83+ since they had less money but the prices didn't inflate over time (despite remaining high) so now people don't mind as much buying the 84+ or SE.
Btw shouldn't this be under general calc discussion and news?
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2003.
Why?
To put it simply, 1337 (calculators) + 666 = 2003, the year when TI was at its most 1337.
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lol. Actually 2003 was also the year everyone wished the Voyage 400 became true. ;D http://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/8/85/85069.html